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antiquity

noun as in old object

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noun as in oldness

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Most often “the Renaissance” denotes the period of European history between the years 1400 and 1600, which witnessed a vital recovery of the literary genres, artistic ideals and philosophical visions of classical antiquity.

As Mr. Delbourgo reports, he used his antiquities as “prompts for his patients,” even as he “collected his patients’ personal information into case histories.”

The author shows how statesmen have managed security problems, from antiquity to the 1970s, and distills the principles for effective practice.

She may be one of history’s most famous and powerful women, but she’s also a bridge between antiquity and modernity.

The writers of antiquity thought very little of the people who lived on the fringes of their own empires and had even less regard for the societies that existed beyond them.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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